06-10-2021, 02:06 PM
Terry, I agree that 12 is too many, but I see the logic if one assumes that, at least some years, the Pac-12 champion and highest G5 conference champion will be out of the top 10. If that's the case, then expanding to 12 ensures that the top 10 teams are included in the CFP.
Personally, I prefer that we go back to the old pre-BCS bowl system--too many scheduling discrepancies make the rankings apples-to-oranges comparisons--but that will never happen. So having said that, I would go with 8 teams. Power 5 conference champs plus top ranked G5 conference champ plus 2 at-larges, including Notre Dame as a potential at-large team.
Personally, I prefer that we go back to the old pre-BCS bowl system--too many scheduling discrepancies make the rankings apples-to-oranges comparisons--but that will never happen. So having said that, I would go with 8 teams. Power 5 conference champs plus top ranked G5 conference champ plus 2 at-larges, including Notre Dame as a potential at-large team.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)